Astrid Seme
Astrid Seme runs her eponymous studio for graphic design and visual communication in Vienna. After graduating from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, she completed the Werkplaats Typografie master’s program in the Netherlands. With a strong focus on typography, the studio works in the following areas: books and editorial projects, visual identities, and websites for clients in the fields of architecture, art, and academia.
Alongside her design practice, Seme explores the acoustic dimension of typography. This exploration has resulted in sound works such as *Urbirds singing the Sonata* and *A Book for All Readers*. Since 2019, her multifaceted project *Baroness Elsa’s em dashes* has focused on a single punctuation mark—the em dash. Together with Thomas Geiger, she runs Mark Pezinger Books, a publisher of artist books. Seme has been a visiting instructor at Énsad Nancy, écal Lausanne, ENSBA Lyon, and NDU St. Pölten, and currently teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibitions (among others): Typojanchi International Typography Biennial (Seoul), Typogaráž (Bratislava), BOEKS (Ghent), Mimosa House (London), Kunsthalle Basel, Fikra Graphic Design Biennial (Sharjah), Electric Eclectics: Festival of Experimental Music and Sound Art (Ontario), Beursschouwburg (Brussels), Tokyo Type Directors Club.